Appendix Ovidiana

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Latin Poems Ascribed to Ovid in the Middle Ages

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Appendix Ovidiana explores the fascinating phenomenon of medieval Latin poems falsely attributed to the ancient Roman poet Ovid, spanning from the sixth to the fifteenth century. These works reflect varied interpretations of Ovid’s legacy, including narrative, erotic, and religious poems that expand and reimagine his oeuvre long after his death. This first comprehensive collection with English translation reveals how medieval authors used imitation to both honour and transform the classical tradition.
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Essential reading for medievalists, classicists, and scholars interested in Latin literature, manuscript studies, and the reception of classical authors through the Middle Ages.

The pseudonymous Appendix Ovidiana—which includes nature, erotic, and religious poetry—reflects different understandings of an admired Classical poet and expands his legacy through the Middle Ages. This is the first comprehensive collection and English translation of these medieval Latin verses ascribed to Ovid.

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When does imitation of an author morph into masquerade? Although the Roman writer Ovid died in the first century CE, many new Latin poems were ascribed to him from the sixth until the fifteenth century. Like the Appendix Vergiliana, these verses reflect different understandings of an admired Classical poet and expand his legacy throughout the Middle Ages.

The works of the "medieval Ovid" mirror the dazzling variety of their original. The Appendix Ovidiana includes narrative poetry that recounts the adventures of both real and imaginary creatures, erotic poetry that wrestles with powerful desires and sexual violence, and religious poetry that—despite the historical Ovid's paganism—envisions the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ.

This is the first comprehensive collection and English translation of these pseudonymous medieval Latin poems.

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

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This excellent volume is a valuable addition to the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, praised for making accessible a wide array of Latin poems attributed to Ovid across centuries. Reviewers commend the editors’ insightful introduction and the collection’s significance to scholars of medieval Latin poetry, highlighting its role in bringing obscure late antique and medieval verses to light.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674238381

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 May 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Contributors:

Edited and translated by Justin Haynes
Edited and translated by Ralph Hexter
Edited and translated by Laura Pfuntner
Edited and translated by Justin Haynes

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 608g

Pages: 544

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

About the Author

Ralph Hexter is Distinguished Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis. Laura Pfuntner is a Lecturer in Ancient History at Queen’s University Belfast. Justin Haynes is Assistant Professor of Classics at Georgetown University.